Speaker: Dr. Richard COLLIN
Moorfield Eye Hospital London
Lecture given during the Oculoplastic Academy 2011 congress in Nantes
Surgical correction of eyelid ptosis related to laxity of the levator aponeurosis
This is characterized by several clinical elements:
- preservation of near-normal levator muscle function (> 12 mm)
- elevation of the palpebral fold
- thinning of the eyelid
- increased eyelid excursion when looking downwards
Procedure performed by Doctor Richard Collin, who directed the oculoplastic surgery department at Moorfield Eye Hospital in London.
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